Inspector Morse - The Dead Of Jericho / Mystery Of Morse (DVD)
Production Year: 1987 - Mystery - Director: Alastair Reid - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring: Kevin Whately, Gemma Jones, Patrick Troughton, James Laurenson, Peter Woodthorpe, John Thaw more
THE DEAD OF JERICHO, the very first episode of the long-running series, introduces the world to Inspector Morse (John Thaw), an enigmatic and often grouchy police investigator. In... more
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started the long-runningInspector Morseseries, based on the novels by Colin Dexter. The brilliant, somewhat elitist police inspector who loves crosswords, classical ...
it would run into the next century, maintaining throughout a quality of scripts and storylines that raised the genre of the detective series to a new level. Much of its success can be attributed to John Thaw's total immersion in the role. Morse is a prickly character and not obviously easy to like. As a detective in Oxford with unfulfilled academic propensities, he is permanently excluded from a world of which he would dearly love to be a part. He is at odds with that world--and with his colleagues in the police force--most of the time. Passionate about opera and "proper beer", he is a cultural snob for whom vulgarity causes almost physical pain. As a result, he lives from one disillusionment to the next. And he is scarred--more deeply than he would ever admit--by past relationships. But he also has a naïve streak and, deep down, sensitivity, which makes him a fascinating challenge for women.At the heart of Morse's professional life is his awkward partnership with Detective Sergeant Lewis, the resolutely ordinary, worldly sidekick who manages to keep his boss in an almost permanent state of exasperation while retaining his grudging respect. It's a testament to Kevin Whateley's consistently excellent performance that from such unpromising material Lewis becomes as indispensable to the series as Barrington Pheloung's hypnotic, classic theme music. Morse's investigations do occasionally take him abroad to more exotic locations, but throughout 14 successful years of often gruesome murders, the city of Oxford itself became a central character in these brooding two-hour dramas: creator Colin Dexter stating he finally had to kill Morse off because he was giving Oxford a bad reputation as a dangerous place! --Piers Ford
Thriller - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring: Timothy West, Neil Morrissey, Tara Fitzgerald, Annette Crosbie, Pauline Quirke, Rob Brydon, Denise Van Outen, John Thomson, Kevin Whately, David Suchet
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Production Year: 1992 - Thriller - Director: Bruce Robinson - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring: Andy Garcia, Uma Thurman, Lance Henriksen, Kathy Baker, Kevin Conway, John Malkovich, Graham Beckel
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THE DEAD OF JERICHO, the very first episode of the long-running series, introduces the world to Inspector Morse (John Thaw), an enigmatic and often grouchy police investigator. In this episode, Morse looks into the death of Anna Stavely (Gemma Jones), which appears to be a suicide but Morse has his own reasons to believe otherwise. Morse is joined for the first time by Sergeant Lewis (Kevin Whately), forming a lasting partnership.
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Main Language: English
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Aspect Ratio: 4:3 Full Frame
Special Features: Behind The Scenes Look At The Series, Interviews With Thaw And Whately, Interactive Menu, Biographies, Scene Access
Advantages: Great episodes Disadvantages: There were not more
...what else they were in. My favourite is the Emperor in Masonic Mysteries.
Being very sad, I have refused to watch the last episode, the Remorseful Day. I am sure you all know the ending, but if I don't actually see it, it didn't happen!
If you like Morse I would recommend the box set. It is attractive and quite robust. You will be surprised just how often you will watch them and you will save a fortune over buying them individually through Amazon. Individual episodes are to be had quite cheaply on ebay at the time of writing though.
Episodes are:
The Dead of Jericho
The Silent World of Nicholas Quinn
Service Of All the Dead
The Wolvercot Tongue
Last Seen Wearing
The Settling of the Sun
The Last Bus to Woodstock
The Ghost in the Machine
The Last Enemy
Deceived By Flight
The Secret of Bay 5b
The Infernal Serpent...
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Advantages: Lots of suspense and mystery Disadvantages: Gender stereotypes and lack of LGBT characters
...-Plot-
The basic plot of Jericho is that nuclear bombs have exploded all over the USA, destroying cities and killing millions of people. Jericho is a small town in Kansas that's survived the bombing and now has to find a way to survive the aftermath. Jericho is cut off from everywhere else, electricity is running out, food is running short, winter is coming and there's unrest in the town.
In addition to the main plot there are a number of subplots involving the main characters. These plots include a bit of everything. There are romantic plots (I'm not going to give away between who, although you'll probably guess within the first episode). There's also a great deal of mystery. Jake is the prodigal son of the mayor and has returned after a long absence during which no one knew where he was. Robert Hawkins arrived in Jericho just...
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Advantages: Gripping Disadvantages: The series wasn't long enough to develop the storyline
...Contains spoilers for season 1.
For those of you who haven't seen the first season of Jericho there would be absolutely no point in watching this series. This series starts where the first one ended. Jericho have survived the nuclear attacks that took out a lot of the bigger US cities and have left the United States in anarchy. With every town struggling to survive war has broken out between Jericho and one of its neighbouring towns, New Bern. At the beginning of season two the military arrive and restore order. Problems soon become clear when the residents discover that there is no longer a United States of America, in fact America is divided and Kansas, the state where Jericho is located, is part of the Allied States of America.
There are really two parts of the plot of this season and I think that's where this season falls...
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